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Cabragh Bridge Unofficial Halting Site Ends In High Court Action

Halting Site and part of the new, modern, six unit group housing scheme now being provided.

Tipperary County Council have taken High Court proceedings in an effort to remove members of the Travelling Community from an unofficial halting site at Cabragh Bridge, Cabragh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

The action has been taken against eight persons whose presence they claim constitute a public nuisance. These proceedings by the council, latter represented by Mr David Humphries Bl, are being taken against Mr William McCarthy, Ms Elizabeth McCarthy, Ms Mary Ellen McCarthy, Mr Jimmy McCarthy, Mr John McCarthy, Ms Winnie McCarthy, Ms Belinda O’Reilly and Mr Ned O’Reilly.

An injunction is being sought to now compel the defendants to remove their mobile homes and caravan type dwellings, together with all motor vehicles from the Cabragh Bridge area, thus removing any/all obstructions from the roadside, which the Council claim constitutes an inappropriate and unsuitable place in which to reside.

The High Court was today informed that some members of the McCarthy family have lived on this Bridge area for some 40 years; however Tipperary Council have since made provision for the long term members of this family to be accommodated in a modern six unit group housing scheme, which for some long period of time has remained ready for immediate occupation.

The defendants now currently before the Court, whom the council claim only moved to this Cabragh Bridge site, on various dates between 2015 and September 2018, will however not be accommodated in this new currently vacant scheme.

Tipperary County Council state that they have requested the defendants to leave the Cabragh site, but they have not done so; leaving the Council with no alternative but to take the necessary legal proceedings.

The Bridge itself was initially part of the R659 regional road that remained after the construction of a new section of that road many years ago.

In the High Court today Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds granted Tipperary County Council permission to serve short notice of the injunction proceedings on the defendants. She acknowledged the urgency of this case together with health and safety concerns raised, before returning the matter back to the Court next week.

Upcoming Thurles Blood Donation Clinics

Ms Geraldine O’Rourke of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service reports:-

“The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will visit Thurles, Co. Tipperary, operating from The Dome, Semple Stadium, over the coming week.

Do please make a special note of their operational times and dates shown hereunder.

Monday 24th June, 2019 from 2:00pm – 5:00pm.
Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th June, 2019, from 5:30pm – 8:30pm each day.

When deciding to attend, please do keep in mind the following facts:-

One in four people will need a blood transfusion at some point in their lives.
Only 5% of the population are regular blood donors.
Over 1,000 Irish people receive transfusions every week in Ireland.
One car accident victim may require up to 30 units of blood, a bleeding ulcer could require anything. between 3-30 units of blood and a coronary artery bypass may use between 1-5 units of blood.
Approximately 70,000 patients will have transfusions in Irish hospitals this year.
Over 3,000 blood donors are needed each week in Ireland.
A unit of blood lasts for just 35 days.
Some blood packs for new born babies or cancer treatment only lasts for 5 days.
There is no substitute for human blood.
The IBTS supplies 71 hospitals in Ireland with blood and blood products 365 days a year.

So remember if you are not already a blood doner, here is your opportunity and you never know, the life you save could be your own.

Tipp Co. Co. – €2.8m Paid In Footpath Injury Insurance Claims

During our recent Local Elections here in Tipperary, the electorate choose, for the most part, to vote for “more of the same” and “more of the same” or even less, is most likely all the electorate can, in reality, honestly expect.

Cork County Council paid out €3.7m in footpath injury insurance claims of 22 local authorities in a two-year period. But did you know that our own Tipperary County Council, came home a strong second, doling out €2.8m in similar claims over this same period?

**Pictures Left-Right** ***(1)*** Paving around tree on **Rossa Street** Thurles: ***(2)*** Bulb not working in **traffic light** on Cathedral Street; *(3)* Traffic lights facing wrong direction in Parnell Street, Thurles. *[Reported on A****pril 2nd 2019*** *last]*; **(4)** Paving around almost all trees on **Liberty Square** Thurles.

Based on insurance reports released under ‘Freedom of information’ to The Sunday Times, (Reporter Valerie Flynn), same show that footpath injuries accounted for the majority of Local Authority compensation pay outs.

Cash strapped Local Authorities across Ireland are receiving more than 1,000 personal injury claims each year, caused by persons tripping and slipping on footpath surfaces. Examining these claims some €15.9m was paid out in 2018 for footpath injuries. The 22 councils in total received 1,336 claims in 2018, a 7.3% increase on 2017.

Here in Thurles, each day awakens to further accidents just waiting to happen through blatant neglect.

Approximately 10 days ago traffic lights out of action on Slievenamon Road in Thurles were repaired; however non-working traffic lights on Cathedral Street and Parnell Street, just yards away, have remained out of action since late March 2019.

Define ‘Neglect’:- A failure to look after; a failure to care for; failure to provide for; to leave alone or to abandon.

Define ‘Neglect’:- A failure to look after; a failure to care for; failure to provide for; to leave alone or to abandon.

This neglect / abandonment of basic, necessary services, together with, (and more importantly), health & safety issues, must immediately be addressed. We welcome all fair comment on these issues, granting a right of reply. What has Thurles Chamber of Commerce; Tipperary Co. Council; Mr Matt Shortt (Director of Services, Director of Roads, Transportation, Health and Safety) for the Templemore / Thurles Municipal Council; politicians and all our local elected public representatives, got to say on these serious matters?

Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Clinic – Thurles Wed. June 12th

Important To Please Note: From November 1st 2018 last, ‘DeafHear’, the former National Charity for Deafness and Hearing Loss has changed its name to ‘Chime’. Users of the service are invited to update their records accordingly, including a change to their email address.

Ms Alona Troy (Community Resource Officer) with “Chime” now reports:-

Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

“Our next clinic will be held on Wednesday 12th June, 2019, from 10:00am to 1:00pm in St Mary’s Health Centre, Castlemeadows, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

This clinic offers a free and confidential support service on all aspects of deafness and hearing loss. Information and resources, assistive technologies, minor repairs, hearing aid batteries (€2 per card ) and more”.
Regards
Alona Troy

If you require more information please contact the resource office: Chime, Pery Street, Limerick. Tel: 061 467 494; Fax: 061 467 497; Text: 087 6839754 or Email: alona.troy@chime.ie .

University Hospital, Limerick Overcrowding Increases

University Hospital Limerick (UHL), which serves North Tipperary, yet again most overcrowded in Ireland.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch (INMO), some 467 patients are waiting for beds in Irish hospitals today.

Some 320 are waiting in emergency departments, while a further 147 have been located in other wards in hospitals.

Once again, as stated, the worst affected hospital today remains University Hospital Limerick with 75 people waiting for a bed, while South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel has 41 patients on trolleys.

Total patients waiting on beds, in hospitals serving Tipperary, is 116, an increase of 15 patients over yesterdays total of 101.

The silence remains deafening.